Moss News & Articles

Not surprisingly, Microsoft is working on merging the core architectures of the SharePoint Portal and Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) products. The first version of the new architecture is due out with the Office 12 release late next year.

In one of the first public statements on the topic, Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s group vice president of Information Worker Product Group, indicated that the future of the two products was around more common technologies and an integration, if not outright convergence.

A recent survey conducted by Microsoft corp finds that workers average only three productive days per week and lays the blame on among other things, unproductive staff meetings.

69% of the 38,000 people surveyed considered meetings to be an unproductive use of time. A shocking finding indeed!

Yahoo, a late comer to blogging, announces Yahoo 360. The free service gives existing and new Yahoo! users a place on the web to share everything with everybody, or somebody. Its a digital orgy with blogs, moblogs, photos, lists (e.g., favorite books), blasts, LaunchCast, and reviews.

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SharePoint Portal Server (SPS) and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) are getting more and more attention of late. One reason for this is pricing. Another reason is SharePoint's relative ease of use, as compared to the WebSpheres, Vignettes, and Plumbtrees of the world.

What's also been coming up more and more is the pressure that .NET standardization is having on company's IT departments. Identifying the obvious synergies between .NET, SharePoint, Microsoft Content Management Server, and Microsoft Commerce Server is making more than a few decision makers salivate.

So if you're one of those who are suddenly finding themselves looking for practical info on SharePoint, here's one more quick yet worthwhile read.

Newest version offers enhanced Teamplate Workflow Wizard, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 integration, adoption of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 and RightFax integration.

Captaris, Inc., a leading provider of business information delivery solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its latest version of Teamplate for .NET 4.1, the business process automation product that provides collaborative workflow solutions to corporations worldwide.